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Todd De Ryck

@tder2012.bsky.social
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Reliable, affordable, abundant and low-emissions energy for everyone, good standard of living for all. Humanist, supporter of nuclear energy, critical thinking. Winnipeg, MB, Canada

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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 7h
cybernews.com/security/war... @maxfawcett.bsky.social @cleanenergycanada.org @nationalobserver.com @theecologyprof.bsky.social @pembina.org @climateinstitute.bsky.social @mbeconetwork.bsky.social @mliebreich.bsky.social @mlamikemoyes.bsky.social @mbndpcaucus.bsky.social @manitobagreens.bsky.social
cybernews.com
Smart car data risks: Dutch agency warns of spying
Dutch intelligence warns smart car data risks can expose locations and conversations to hackers or state actors. See which safeguards matter
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
douglascsandridge.substack.com/p/the-energy... @theecologyprof.bsky.social @chriswiebe.bsky.social @sethdklein.bsky.social @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social @manitobagreens.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com see energy source comparisons, helps with transition tinyurl.com/v4charts
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Abysmal energy policies can lead to growth in far-right political parties "Winter's Wedge" brawlstreetjournal.substack.com/p/winters-we... @sethdklein.bsky.social @naomiaklein.bsky.social @chriswiebe.bsky.social @theecologyprof.bsky.social @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social @theenergymix.com @avilewis.ca
brawlstreetjournal.substack.com
Winter's Wedge
How the EU's gas ban is about to become the AfD's best asset.
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
bsky.app/profile/tder... @skepticalscience.bsky.social @stevetrunk.bsky.social @stevenovella.bsky.social @projectdrawdown.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @sethdklein.bsky.social @volts.wtf @maxfawcett.bsky.social @ecamanitoba.bsky.social @mbeconetwork.bsky.social @shastingssimon.bsky.social
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Other Two Legs of the Stool kilovar1959.substack.com/p/the-other-... Critically important read for those who promote weather-dependent inverter-based resources. It is very technical, but its necessary and it needs to be well understood @theecologyprof.bsky.social @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social
kilovar1959.substack.com
The Other Two Legs of the Stool
Today we are covering a piece requested by our own Gene Nelson, Ph.D., of GreenNUKE on Inverter-Based Resources (IBRs): how they perform when the power system faults, and how well they supply the reac...
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
bsky.app/profile/tder... @stevetrunk.bsky.social @skepticalscience.bsky.social @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social @volts.wtf @fff-manitoba.bsky.social @ccpamb.bsky.social @mbeconetwork.bsky.social @mlamikemoyes.bsky.social @chrisbataille.bsky.social @theturner.bsky.social @blakeshaffer.bsky.social
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Is an acknowledgement of mistakes forthcoming? Can you spot the irony? My latest substack post "Naomi Klein, her new book entitled “End Times Fascism” and taking reliable, affordable energy for granted" toddderyck.substack.com/p/naomi-klei... @sethdklein.bsky.social @theecologyprof.bsky.social
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
@theecologyprof.bsky.social @cclwinnipeg.bsky.social @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social @mbeconetwork.bsky.social @chriswiebe.bsky.social @camregier.bsky.social @ccpamb.bsky.social @theenergymix.com @maxfawcett.bsky.social @wfpdlett.bsky.social @danwoy.bsky.social @fpcarolsanders.bsky.social
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@theenergymix.com Any idea why France, Italy, Türkiye, etc not listening to you WRT SMR's? www.dailysabah.com/business/eco... & www.politico.eu/article/ital... & www.neimagazine.com/news/edf-bet... & www.brusselsreport.eu/2026/09/11/t...
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@theecologyprof.bsky.social www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal... Germany spent 100's of billions on renewables, now has very high residential retail electricity rates. How does MB avoid what happened in Germany? www.euronews.com/my-europe/20... @theturner.bsky.social @jvipondmd.bsky.social
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Geoff Russell 🇦🇺 @geoffrussell.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
If you haven't seen actual electricity supply data, it's easy to be convinced that batteries can firm up wind and solar without the baseload sources that all of Australia's main trading partners have ... ie., nuclear or hydro. Data rule. geoffrussell.substack.com/p/batteries-...
geoffrussell.substack.com
Batteries will not cut it without a baseload power source
A short note on this week's wind drought
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
S. Australian citizen Geoff Russell not pleased with copying Germany's energy policies! Read his posts geoffrussell.substack.com & blog.geoffrussell.au/all-news & 2014 book "Greenjacked!" www.amazon.ca/GreenJacked-... @theecologyprof.bsky.social @theturner.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Long Live Pickering" ""Save Pickering" policy report ... , was rooted in our unshakeable and pan-partisan values: Pro-worker, pro-clean air, pro-climate and pro-health." x.com/Dr_Keefer/st... @theecologyprof.bsky.social @theenergymix.com @jvipondmd.bsky.social @pembina.org @cclwinnipeg.bsky.social
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
@theecologyprof.bsky.social "...key elections next year, raising the stakes for gov'ts struggling to shield voters from rising gas, diesel and petrol prices while avoiding another expensive round of energy subsidies" www.euronews.com/my-europe/20... @billmckibben.bsky.social @jvipondmd.bsky.social
euronews.com
How Europe’s energy shock is fuelling the far right
Far-right parties in Europe are exploiting the fuel crisis, blaming the mainstream for soaring energy bills. With key elections upcoming, governments are recognsing that a prolonged energy crisis coul...
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
What the ...., again!?!? Toxic mess! www.latimes.com/california/s... & sfist.com/2025/03/09/e... @billmckibben.bsky.social @theecologyprof.bsky.social @theturner.bsky.social @theenergymix.com @sierraclubbc.bsky.social @mbeconetwork.bsky.social @cclwinnipeg.bsky.social @manitobagreens.bsky.social
latimes.com
Another battery fire erupts at Moss Landing, where some units are still charged
Almost two years after a massive battery fire south of Santa Cruz displaced 1,200 people and smoldered for days, the same facility is burning again.
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
energygeopoliticsandstatecraft.substack.com/p/back-to-co... @theecologyprof.bsky.social @volts.wtf @billmckibben.bsky.social When the geopolitical stuff hits the fan & mother nature doesn't cooperate with weather-dependent electricity generators @fff-manitoba.bsky.social @cclwinnipeg.bsky.social
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Bartley Kives @bkives.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
There might be no economic case for expanding the Port of Churchill, but that may not be the point www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
cbc.ca
ANALYSIS | There might be no economic case for expanding the Port of Churchill, but that may not be the point | CBC Accessibility
The question before Manitobans right now is why Canada and Manitoba are not simply proceeding with a $3-billion port expansion and railway upgrade, if indeed a Hudson Bay shipping route is essential f...
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Michael McLean @michaelmclean.me · 19/09/2026
Hitachi will double production of small and medium sized transformers. This is insanely good news. www.utilitydive.com/news/hitachi...
utilitydive.com
Hitachi to double US production of small and medium-sized power transformers
A Mississippi facility will produce transformers in the 10 MVA to 160 MVA range, designed for voltages up to 230 kV. The additional capacity “is expected to help alleviate industry-wide supply constra...
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Catching dinner "on the fly" IG: @mark.smith.photography• www.instagram.com/mark.smith.p...
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
@winnipegfreepress.com
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Sue Ibrahim @sueimnw.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #Mamas&Papas with thanks to Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social ☺️
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
@aukehoekstra.bsky.social I recall you regularly called out IEA for their wrong projections, well, you nailed it, another example @theecologyprof.bsky.social @energimedia.bsky.social @energyvsclimate.bsky.social @cleanenergycanada.org @pembina.org @maxfawcett.bsky.social @ccpamb.bsky.social
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
For context from same report @drcrlsnpe.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @jvipondmd.bsky.social @energyvsclimate.bsky.social @theecologyprof.bsky.social @jgkoomey.bsky.social @robertferry.bsky.social @volts.wtf @eubanksengineeringresearch.com @fff-manitoba.bsky.social @simondonner.bsky.social
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
@ourworldindata.org why do you show nuclear 8622TWh for 2025 ourworldindata.org/energy-mix, but here it shows 2702TWh of nuclear electricity for 2025? world-nuclear-news.org/articles/fre...
world-nuclear-news.org
Fresh record set for nuclear generation in 2025
Nuclear reactors worldwide generated 2,702 TWh of electricity in 2025, beating the previous year's record of 2,667 TWh, according to the World Nuclear Outlook Report, which also calculates that if...
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Register for Zoom webinar Sun., Sept. 13 7pmCT "Discussion about author Mike Conley’s upcoming book “Roadmap to Nowhere: A Reality Check on Renewable Energy”" tinyurl.com/ConleyRE read ch. 1 of the book "Truth to Intermittent Power," before webinar tinyurl.com/RoadmapCh1Tr... @theturner.bsky.social
centreforinquiry.ca
Discussion about author Mike Conley’s upcoming book “Roadmap to Nowhere: A Reality Check on Renewable Energy” – Centre for Inquiry Canada (CFIC)
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
average %age of RE electricity generation is irrelevant "last August lignite power plants were the most important source in the state’s power sector together with fossil gas" @theturner.bsky.social @theecologyprof.bsky.social energygeopoliticsandstatecraft.substack.com/p/dark-hours...
energygeopoliticsandstatecraft.substack.com
Dark Hours: Mass Sabotage Strikes the Heart of Germany's Power Grid
After a second, highly effective attack disconnects 4,200 MW of RWE baseload capacity and triggers €4,500/MWh price spikes, Europe’s largest economy faces an unprecedented hybrid security crisis.
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Don't judge car's "cleanliness" only by what comes out of "tailpipe", as EU did. Eg, China's dirty manufacturing of BYD "A new study says Europe's push to decarbonize cars has been aiming at the wrong target the whole time." @theecologyprof.bsky.social brawlstreetjournal.substack.com/p/autosterben
brawlstreetjournal.substack.com
Autosterben
A new study says Europe's push to decarbonize cars has been aiming at the wrong target the whole time.
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
www.canarymedia.com/articles/nuc... @theecologyprof.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @volts.wtf @pembina.org @simondonner.bsky.social @fff-manitoba.bsky.social @mbeconetwork.bsky.social @maxfawcett.bsky.social @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social @cleanenergycanada.org @climateinstitute.bsky.social
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
For those promoting an east-west grid in Canada, some important reading www.macrobusiness.com.au/2026/09/cost... & www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... @theecologyprof.bsky.social @jvipondmd.bsky.social @maxfawcett.bsky.social @simondonner.bsky.social @theenergymix.com @fff-manitoba.bsky.social
macrobusiness.com.au
Costs mount as the energy transition runs off the rails
The notion that renewable energy is cheap to generate (because the fuel source is free) but very expensive to integrate is being borne out by recent cost blowouts in transmission and storage. Already ...
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This requires more attention, discussion & analysis for inverter-based resources (wind, solar, batteries) gilleschaspiere.substack.com/p/grid-formi... @theecologyprof.bsky.social @drgorfinkel.bsky.social @theturner.bsky.social @danwoy.bsky.social @energyvsclimate.bsky.social @jvipondmd.bsky.social
gilleschaspiere.substack.com
Grid-Forming Inverters: The Silver Bullet That Isn't (Yet)
One topic covered in my book
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
@winnipegfreepress.com Please consider examining data and evidence before publishing such articles. www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal... "Wind, solar and batteries have come a long, long way in 20-plus years. How is it possible that the rest of the world is wrong?" @theecologyprof.bsky.social
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
@winnipegfreepress.com Ensure author understands electricity grids before publishing such articles (Stuart clearly doesn't), eg former MB Hydro employee Jason Doering P. Eng. youtu.be/ubpqdHd5msc www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal... @theecologyprof.bsky.social @mbeconetwork.bsky.social
winnipegfreepress.com
Opinion: A bigger grid, and a tougher one
The Free Press editorial of Aug. 21, Time for a stronger Canadian grid, makes a case that should unsettle anyone who read it.
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MIT Technology Review @technologyreview.com · 24/08/2026
Companies are developing new enrichment technology that could unlock previously overlooked resources.
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How lasers could help provide fuel for nuclear reactors
Companies are developing new enrichment technology that could unlock previously overlooked resources.
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"Germany’s Self-Inflicted Decline - Why the sick man of Europe is so sick" robertbryce.substack.com/p/germanys-s... @theturner.bsky.social @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social @pembina.org @cleanenergycanada.org @ccpamb.bsky.social @fff-manitoba.bsky.social @theenergymix.com @maxfawcett.bsky.social
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
thehill.com/opinion/ener... @theecologyprof.bsky.social @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social @theenergymix.com @volts.wtf @jvipondmd.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @climateinstitute.bsky.social @pembina.org @shastingssimon.bsky.social @mbeconetwork.bsky.social @simondonner.bsky.social
thehill.com
China could control the future of energy if America doesn’t act fast
America must pursue an energy strategy that embraces innovation rather than ideology.
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
energynow.ca/2026/08/the-... @emmettmacfarlane.com @theecologyprof.bsky.social @theturner.bsky.social @energimedia.bsky.social
energynow.ca
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PIPELINE: It Goes Both Ways - Canada Needs U.S. Oil and Gas Too - Canadian Energy News, Top Headlines, Commentaries, Features & Events - EnergyNow
By EnergyNow Editorial Staff Canada is an energy-exporting powerhouse, but parts of the country remain surprisingly dependent on American crude oil, natural gas, condensate and refined fuels EnergyNow...
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Dave Meredith @davemeredith.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Today's alternative #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Ducklings. A female Common Merganser with three ducklings riding on her back. #BrucePeninsula #BruceCounty #ECK #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #TenMinutesFromHome #VintageLens #ManualFocus
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originaldvd.bsky.social @originaldvd.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Lake Meade is running out of water. This is outrageous. We are in deep trouble
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
needsofthemany98.substack.com/p/how-many-t... @aukehoekstra.bsky.social @christianonre.bsky.social @naomioreskes.bsky.social @naomiaklein.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com @theecologyprof.bsky.social @theturner.bsky.social @andrewdessler.com @maxfawcett.bsky.social @stephenleahy.bsky.social
needsofthemany98.substack.com
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
This interview is for anyone interested rational, realistic, pragmatic, practical discussions about energy, economy, etc. youtu.be/p7gyAkrLg64?... @theecologyprof.bsky.social @theturner.bsky.social @volts.wtf @billmckibben.bsky.social @maxfawcett.bsky.social @pembina.org @simondonner.bsky.social
youtu.be
Climate Change: What the Data Actually Shows with Geologist Scott Tinker
YouTube video by Triggernometry
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
gilleschaspiere.substack.com/p/book-grid-... @theecologyprof.bsky.social @mbeconetwork.bsky.social @fff-manitoba.bsky.social @jvipondmd.bsky.social @naomioreskes.bsky.social @naomiaklein.bsky.social @sethdklein.bsky.social @simondonner.bsky.social @christianonre.bsky.social @volts.wtf
gilleschaspiere.substack.com
Book: Grid Stability in the Era of Inverter-Dominated Power Systems
Chapter by Chapter
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
needsofthemany98.substack.com/p/net-zero-a... @naomioreskes.bsky.social @naomiaklein.bsky.social @theskepticsguide.bsky.social @drgorfinkel.bsky.social @stevetrunk.bsky.social @theenergymix.com @climateinstitute.bsky.social @theturner.bsky.social @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org @mbeconetwork.bsky.social
needsofthemany98.substack.com
Net Zero: A 25-Year Exercise in Insincerity and Unseriousness
The targets were impossible, the technology couldn’t deliver, the best tool was banned, and the science was oversold. Twenty-five years of knowing better and saying otherwise.
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
needsofthemany98.substack.com/p/net-zero-a... @skepticalscience.bsky.social@theskepticsguide.bsky.social @theecologyprof.bsky.social@drgorfinkel.bsky.social @simondonner.bsky.social@drsimevans.carbonbrief.org@stevetrunk.bsky.social@theenergymix.com@climateinstitute.bsky.social@theturner.bsky.social
needsofthemany98.substack.com
Net Zero: A 25-Year Exercise in Insincerity and Unseriousness
The targets were impossible, the technology couldn’t deliver, the best tool was banned, and the science was oversold. Twenty-five years of knowing better and saying otherwise.
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
@wfpdlett.bsky.social @winnipegfreepress.com "ND..generates 4.5GW of electricity from wind" only if wind is ideal. July SPP wind 33% capacity factor, 18% in MISO. They perform poorly in worst case scenarios, eg extreme heat and extreme cold, thank goodness MB Hydro preparing for worst case scenarios
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
needsofthemany98.substack.com/p/the-energy... @theecologyprof.bsky.social @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social @maxfawcett.bsky.social @dylanmackayphd.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @volts.wtf @energyvsclimate.bsky.social @doctorvive.bsky.social @jvipondmd.bsky.social @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
needsofthemany98.substack.com
The Energy Density Ladder
Finding the one number that tracks a million years of energy history
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 29/07/2026
"The total losses are staggering—over $240 billion last year for the United States alone (that’s about $700 in gambling losses per American, not per gambler!). This is especially disastrous for young men, who have been the near exclusive target of these firms." www.liberalcurrents.com/betting-alone/
liberalcurrents.com
Betting Alone
Sports betting is destroying an important part of the American social fabric.
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jgerardi.bsky.social @jgerardi.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
www.euronews.com/next/2026/07...
euronews.com
Italy plots nuclear comeback four decades after Chernobyl
Forty years after Chernobyl ended Italy's nuclear ambitions, Giorgia Meloni's government wants small modular reactors back on the table — but cost and generational divides could complicate the comebac...
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Zion Lights used to be an avid anti-nuclear activist. Read why she made a complete reversal www.foronuclear.org/en/sector-va... @theecologyprof.bsky.social @chriswiebe.bsky.social@olybackstrom.bsky.social @jsrutgers.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @theturner.bsky.social @maxfawcett.bsky.social
foronuclear.org
Zion Lights - Foro Nuclear
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Cannibal panels open.substack.com/pub/irinasla... @theturner.bsky.social@theecologyprof.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social@volts.wtf @chriswiebe.bsky.social@olybackstrom.bsky.social@fff-manitoba.bsky.social@mbeconetwork.bsky.social @maxfawcett.bsky.social@theenergymix.com@simondonner.bsky.social
open.substack.com
Cannibal panels
Earlier this month, Lazard, the notorious champion of LCOE-based wind and solar promotion, graced us all with the news that solar remains the cheapest energy generation capacity to build (in LCOE term...
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Todd De Ryck @tder2012.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
toddderyck.substack.com/p/in-manitob... @theecologyprof.bsky.social @chriswiebe.bsky.social @wfpdlett.bsky.social @jsrutgers.bsky.social @cclwinnipeg.bsky.social @manitobagreens.bsky.social @mbeconetwork.bsky.social @fff-manitoba.bsky.social @olybackstrom.bsky.social @adamjwpg.bsky.social
toddderyck.substack.com
In Manitoba, when "the heat is on",.....the winds are calm
However, "the wind is probably blowing somewhere", or is it?
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